United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2008_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c808aa11 D09002ee1c808ab0a United States Department of Health and Human Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule revises the existing conditions of participation that hospices must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The final conditions address the comments that we received on the proposed rule published on May 27, 2005. This final rule focuses on the care delivered to patients and their families by hospices and the outcome of that care. The final requirements continue to reflect the unique interdisciplinary view of patient care and allow hospices flexibility in meeting quality standards. These changes are an integral part of the Administration's efforts to achieve broad based improvements in the quality of health care and our efforts to improve the quality of care furnished through the Medicare and Medicaid programs. 73 FR 32088 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-06-05/08-1305 08-1305 fr05jn08-6 RIN 0938-AH27 4120-01-P CMS-3844-F https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-06-05/08-1305 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-06-05/html/08-1305.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-06-05/pdf/08-1305.pdf Health Facilities Hospice Care Medicare Incorporation by Reference Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements 133 p. 32088 32220 73 FR 32088 Title 42 Part 418 42 CFR Part 418 RIN 0938-AH27 Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospice Conditions of Participation; Federal Register Vol. 73, Issue RULE 08-1305 II DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2008-12-02 CMS-3844-F 4120-01-P 08-1305 Final rule.

This final rule revises the existing conditions of participation that hospices must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The final conditions address the comments that we received on the proposed rule published on May 27, 2005. This final rule focuses on the care delivered to patients and their families by hospices and the outcome of that care. The final requirements continue to reflect the unique interdisciplinary view of patient care and allow hospices flexibility in meeting quality standards. These changes are an integral part of the Administration's efforts to achieve broad based improvements in the quality of health care and our efforts to improve the quality of care furnished through the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

These regulations are effective on December 2, 2008. Steve Miller, (410) 786-6656; Mary Rossi-Coajou, (410) 786-6051; Danielle Shearer, (410) 786-6617; or Jeannie Miller, (410) 786-3164. Health Facilities Hospice Care Medicare Incorporation by Reference Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospice Conditions of Participation, http://medqic.org/dcs/ContentServer?pagename=Medqic/MQPage/Homepage http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/codeoffederal_regulations/ibr_locations.html http://www.archives.gov/federalregister/codeoffederalregulations/ibrlocations.html http://www.census.gov http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRALSep2007/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=-99&sortByDID=1&sortOrder=ascending&itemID=CMS1205047&intNumPerPage=10 http://www.crisisprevention.com www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/eolsums.htm www.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/toolkit.htm www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/downloads/SCLetter06-28.pdf www.crisisprevention.com www.qualityforum.org www.qualityforum.org/publications/reports/palliative.asp Vol. 73, no. 109 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2008-06-05 continuing daily deposited born digital 316 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-06-05 P0b002ee1809b0e63 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr05jn08 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-06-05 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-06-05/pdf/FR-2008-06-05.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-06-05/xml/FR-2008-06-05.xml fdlp 31929 32234 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-05 FR-2008-06-05 machine generated eng FR FR-2008-06-05 73 109